The Farce of Heaven - Atheist Nexus2015-08-02T20:31:40Zhttp://atheistnexus.org/forum/topics/the-farce-of-heaven?commentId=2182797%3AComment%3A2142366&xg_source=activity&feed=yes&xn_auth=noTell me about it. Milk and h…tag:atheistnexus.org,2013-03-01:2182797:Comment:21746342013-03-01T18:59:46.228ZFuturehttp://atheistnexus.org/profile/Future
<p>Tell me about it. Milk and honey makes for a pretty bland diet, and I imagine that getting a good night's sleep with a pair of wings protruding out of your back is impossible.</p>
<p>Tell me about it. Milk and honey makes for a pretty bland diet, and I imagine that getting a good night's sleep with a pair of wings protruding out of your back is impossible.</p> so we can all arrive at heave…tag:atheistnexus.org,2013-03-01:2182797:Comment:21744122013-03-01T18:53:30.283ZFuturehttp://atheistnexus.org/profile/Future
<blockquote><p>so we can all arrive at heaven at the exact same moment</p>
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<p>Ack!! Can you imagine god snapping his fingers and BAM! - you are elbow to elbow with a trillion of the most boring people in the universe? I'm imagining it being like that horribly uncomfortable moment in church (for me, anyways) where the congregation is told to stand up and shake hands with everyone you can physically reach and say "peace be with you", or something like that. Not to sound…</p>
<blockquote><p>so we can all arrive at heaven at the exact same moment</p>
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<p>Ack!! Can you imagine god snapping his fingers and BAM! - you are elbow to elbow with a trillion of the most boring people in the universe? I'm imagining it being like that horribly uncomfortable moment in church (for me, anyways) where the congregation is told to stand up and shake hands with everyone you can physically reach and say "peace be with you", or something like that. Not to sound like a curmudgeon, but I always hated that. I wonder how germophobes, claustrophobics and introverts manage to convince themselves that heaven is paradise.</p> One more drawback of heavens…tag:atheistnexus.org,2013-03-01:2182797:Comment:21745332013-03-01T17:52:26.513Zamer chohanhttp://atheistnexus.org/profile/amerchohan
<p>One more drawback of heavens is that all activities are designed for humen of 2000 years ago. There is no modren day provision. People dying after seeing todays age would find it a totally boring place.</p>
<p>One more drawback of heavens is that all activities are designed for humen of 2000 years ago. There is no modren day provision. People dying after seeing todays age would find it a totally boring place.</p> The big wings made me think o…tag:atheistnexus.org,2013-03-01:2182797:Comment:21742752013-03-01T14:58:43.488ZGrinning Cathttp://atheistnexus.org/profile/GrinningCat
<p>The big wings made me think of DarkMatter2525's video "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODetOE6cbbc" target="_blank">God's God</a>", which Loren shared a few days ago:</p>
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<p>The big wings made me think of DarkMatter2525's video "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODetOE6cbbc" target="_blank">God's God</a>", which Loren shared a few days ago:</p>
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<p></p> LOL, If I woke up in heaven m…tag:atheistnexus.org,2013-03-01:2182797:Comment:21742492013-03-01T08:37:20.570ZDyslexic's DOGhttp://atheistnexus.org/profile/DislexicDoggy
<p>LOL, If I woke up in heaven my first comment would be, WTFn Hell am I doing in this sh1t hole, send me to the other place so I can be with my kin! :-D-</p>
<p>LOL, If I woke up in heaven my first comment would be, WTFn Hell am I doing in this sh1t hole, send me to the other place so I can be with my kin! :-D-</p> "What if you woke up and you…tag:atheistnexus.org,2013-03-01:2182797:Comment:21738182013-03-01T05:45:24.923Zroland707http://atheistnexus.org/profile/roland707
<p>"What if you woke up and you were in heaven? And you had these big wings on you...... wouldn't you feel stupid?" - Steve Martin</p>
<p>"What if you woke up and you were in heaven? And you had these big wings on you...... wouldn't you feel stupid?" - Steve Martin</p> Exactly! Patricia had a good…tag:atheistnexus.org,2013-02-24:2182797:Comment:21696492013-02-24T21:34:12.338ZGrinning Cathttp://atheistnexus.org/profile/GrinningCat
<p>Exactly! Patricia had a good pictorial comment in <a href="http://www.atheistnexus.org/group/hangwithfriends" target="_blank">Hang With Friends</a>:…</p>
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<p>Exactly! Patricia had a good pictorial comment in <a href="http://www.atheistnexus.org/group/hangwithfriends" target="_blank">Hang With Friends</a>:</p>
<p><a target="_self" href="http://api.ning.com/files/qdg17JEk3tXek3mai2S7AKne5uxMwRosD7t9NGkirTfRT0g*r9a17UsLHHRImmbWM*IAuPQaNWWpNRfZmta83RiCNOCsWOvm/havecat.gif"><img class="align-full" src="http://api.ning.com/files/qdg17JEk3tXek3mai2S7AKne5uxMwRosD7t9NGkirTfRT0g*r9a17UsLHHRImmbWM*IAuPQaNWWpNRfZmta83RiCNOCsWOvm/havecat.gif" alt="I don't need a higher power -- I have a cat."/></a></p> Indeed, I'd say that armchair…tag:atheistnexus.org,2013-01-19:2182797:Comment:21473412013-01-19T15:22:57.643ZHumble Piehttp://atheistnexus.org/profile/HumblePie
<p>Indeed, I'd say that armchair analysis is all it should take to disregard 75% of the world's religious doctrines. Unfortunately, people have convinced themselves that without their <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Headcrab" target="_blank">headcrabs</a>, they would be lost. It's a sad life, being a <a href="http://half-life.wikia.com/wiki/Zombie" target="_blank">headcrab zombie</a>.</p>
<p>Indeed, I'd say that armchair analysis is all it should take to disregard 75% of the world's religious doctrines. Unfortunately, people have convinced themselves that without their <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Headcrab" target="_blank">headcrabs</a>, they would be lost. It's a sad life, being a <a href="http://half-life.wikia.com/wiki/Zombie" target="_blank">headcrab zombie</a>.</p> That was interesting, HP - so…tag:atheistnexus.org,2013-01-19:2182797:Comment:21471142013-01-19T15:16:39.273ZFuturehttp://atheistnexus.org/profile/Future
<p>That was interesting, HP - sounds like a nice place to visit, but I highly doubt I'd want to stay there for eternity.</p>
<p><em>"So it was the tree of life on either side of the river of life. Its branches bowed to the place where we stood, and the fruit was glorious; it looked like gold mixed with silver."</em></p>
<p>I would have been like "Dude, I dare you to go pick that fruit."</p>
<p>That was interesting, HP - sounds like a nice place to visit, but I highly doubt I'd want to stay there for eternity.</p>
<p><em>"So it was the tree of life on either side of the river of life. Its branches bowed to the place where we stood, and the fruit was glorious; it looked like gold mixed with silver."</em></p>
<p>I would have been like "Dude, I dare you to go pick that fruit."</p> I think the one factor which…tag:atheistnexus.org,2013-01-19:2182797:Comment:21473392013-01-19T15:09:16.200ZLoren Millerhttp://atheistnexus.org/profile/LorenMiller
<p>I think the one factor which cannot be overestimated is that the party, whether in heaven or hell, goes on <strong>FOREVER</strong>. Whether you're singing hymns or being tortured, it's going to be <strong>The Same Routine</strong>, day after day after day, not for a hundred years or a thousand or a million or a billion or a trillion years, but for <strong>TIME UNENDING!</strong> So, question: is there any mechanism which allows those trillions of human souls not to become bored out of…</p>
<p>I think the one factor which cannot be overestimated is that the party, whether in heaven or hell, goes on <strong>FOREVER</strong>. Whether you're singing hymns or being tortured, it's going to be <strong>The Same Routine</strong>, day after day after day, not for a hundred years or a thousand or a million or a billion or a trillion years, but for <strong>TIME UNENDING!</strong> So, question: is there any mechanism which allows those trillions of human souls not to become bored out of their skulls or wind up climbing the walls (if they have walls!), even before the first millennium of occupancy is elapsed? It strikes me that, unless the big guy has a HUGE stash of Valium or its equivalent, that heaven could become bedlam before you can blink. As for hell, I would expect an insurrection by the inmates before the first century was up, maybe even with the help of the folks upstairs!<br/><br/>When you boil them both down, heaven and hell are the products of someone's fertile, though not horribly analytical imagination. I mean, we've managed to tear the concept apart with simple armchair analysis. The further heaven is dissected, the less like "heaven" it looks.</p>